Fence



T. NORTON.

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FENCE.

Application filed August 9, 1920.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 28, 1922.

Serial No. 402,297.

(GRANTED UNDER THE rnovrsrons or THE ACT or MARCH a, 1921, 41 s'rar. n, 1313.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TOM Nonron, a subject of theKing of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at Energlyn, Ithon Road, Llandrindod Wells, in the county of Radnor, Wales, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fences, (for which I have filed an application in England, November 18, 1918, Patent No. 130,525,) oi which the following is a full and complete specification.

This invention relates to fences and has for its object the production of a fence which is unclimbable, is easily erected, is cheap to construct, is practically indestructible and the elements of which are light in weight and small in bulk when bundled for transport.

I attain this end by employing a series of vertically arranged incompressible and rigid members with which are alternated a series of vertically arranged inextensible and flexible or non-rigid members said inextensible members being put in a state of tension by one or more flexible horizontally arranged members engaging said inextensible and flexible vertical membersand taking a purchase or bearing on said incompressible and rigid vertical members, said horizontal flexible members being strained in any suitable manner.

In the accompanying drawing which illustrates one form of'this invention Fig. 1 is a broken view in side elevation of a fence comprising a series of rigid incompressible members alternating with a series of flexible inextensible members "formed of lengths of wire.

Figs. 2 and 3 are broken views showing one construction of the ends of the flexible inextensible members to enable them to be engaged with the straining members and Figs. 4 and 5 are broken views showingalternative methods of construction of the ends of the incompressible rigid members to enable them to be engaged with the straining members.

Throughout the views similar parts are marked with like letters of reference.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2 the improved fence comprises a series of iron bars a, a series of lengths of wire I) and two straining wires 0, 0.

The members 6 are shorter than the members a so that on tension being applied to the members 0, which run through suitable holes, slots or their equivalents at the tops and bottoms of the members a and pass through loops or the like in or on the ends of the members I), by means of suitable straining posts or pillars o and straining bolts 20 of the usual type, a strong tension is put on the members I).

It will be obvious that more than one inextensible and flexible member may be arranged between each pair of incompressible rigld members and that said inextensible flexible members may be of barbed or plain Wire or of any other similar material and further that they may be arranged in other ways than vertically, for instance diagonally or partly diagonally and partly vertically or in any other suitable manner or form so long-as they are capable of being put in a state of tension.

In some cases it may be advisable to make some of the members a of such a length that their lower ends can engage the ground and so give additional support against lateral pressure.

What I claim is 1. A fence comprising a series of vertically arranged incompressible elements having longitudinal slots at each end, a series of vertically arranged flexible and inextensible elements alternatin with the incompressible elements said exible and inextensible elements being shorter than the incompressible elements and having loops at each end, two horizontally arranged straining element-s on which the flexible and in extensible elements are threaded and which engage the slots in the ends of the incompressible elements, and means for putting the horizontal elements in a state of tension.

2. A fence comprising a series of vertically arranged incompressible elements having longitudinal slots at each end, a series of incompressible elements having longitudinal slots at one end and holes at such a distance from the other end as will make the distance between the slot and the hole 'in each element equal to the distance be tween the slots in the other incompressible elements, a series of vertically arranged flexible and inextensible elements alternating With the incompressible elements said the ends of the one series of incompressible fiexible and inextensible elements being elements and the slots and holes in the other shorter than the incompressible elements series of incompressible elements, and means 10 and having loops at each end, two horifor putting the horizontal elements in a zontally arranged straining elements on state of tension.

which the flexible and inextensible elements v are threaded and Which engage the slots in TOM NORTON. 

